KURENAI SHIMAZU

Name: Kurenai Shimazu

Gender: Female

Age: 16

Year in school: 1st in college

Dorm: Orchid

Height: 5'5

Appearance:



Personality: Honor for thyself honour for the family. Words by now pounded firmly into her head since she was old enough to think for herself. As a babe barely out of her crib honour had been the first lesson taught to her by her family. Alongside the basic mannerisms a child born within the noble clan of Shimazu needed to thrive outside the gates of their secluded compound. Needless to say young Kurenai grew up isolated from the whims of the outside world. That included experiencing the joys of a childhood any children had the right too. To have friends her age, she was denied that chance. The girl’s parents feared how it might affect her education. So no it wasn’t allowed, the fact that she was the only young child at their expansive manor didn’t help things either way. She grew up never learning the joys of developing her social skills.

No other children, no chances to practice how to deal with people in her age group. Which in some cases was the cause of why she’S SOCIALLY AWKWARD towards her peers. She never had a chance to be a child when’s she’s treated as any adult by her own family.

She grew far too fast, too quick. Her family wanted perfection in her in the way she acts and how she carries herself. It was how she developed her masks. Call her two faced or anything else but the girl is hard skinned enough to ignore most of the insults coming her way. Up front in the face of the public the girl is a kin an actor. Proving once more how ADAPTABLE she can be when the situation calls for her change her demeanor to fit the general theme. Most of the time she’s your typical well-mannered princess, dutiful and if not silver tongued with her choice of words of honeyed words but in close doors that’s when she finally drops her guard enough to release the blunt sharp witted female who has no regrets unleashing her sharp tongue against an unsuspecting prey.
Oh and did I mention she fears cats? That’s quite the unfortunate story but well its fact. Young Kurenai has loathed the feline species ever since a certain incident that nearly robbed her of her own voice. A great way to break her masks would be yes, scare her with cats.


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Name of Species: Witch (dormant)

Baseline Dimension: Just like humans do. They can come in all different shapes and sizes.

Baseline Appearance: Nothing really specific but the souls of witches tend to favour choosing bodies that don't blend in to society whether it be through a body difference, an obscure hair or eye colour but it's really up to the witch's soul to decide this.

Culture/Origin of Species:The origin of witches dates back to far beyond the War. They've always existed but have never tried to stay within the spotlight for long due to being ostracized for an extremely long time. Either way, they usually live in silence and far away from society, resulting in those with witch's souls to almost become lost to history because they usually disappear for long times.

Witches are the souls that were blessed with power from creation. These souls were strong enough to survive the body even after death and when the host's body dies, the soul must find a new vessel within six days or the power it contains will dissipate and will pass on. Once it finds a new vessel, it has to be a newborn. The witch doesn't overwrite the personality but instead becomes a layer of the soul of the person that they possess. It almost acts as a layer of defense on soul based attacks. The witch soul resting in one's body causes various effects but it also bears curses due to the immense power that each soul possesses. Witch's souls do not have a preferred gender for which they possess however, so both males and females can be witches
Traits:
Archive - The witch has extensive knowledge on thousands of topics, leading to most witches being extremely intelligent regarding nearly all topics. However, this doesn't mean they are all knowing, just that they have a lot of prior knowledge to work with.
• Enchant - The witch has a higher affinity with magic and can perform spectacles involving all elements that they wish to use. This gives them the ability to use their Talents to their full capabilities whether they are combative or not. Grants them a +1 bonus to Strength.
• Panacea - Witches have enhanced healing capabilities thanks to the additional soul that rests within them. This causes them to heal from their wounds a lot quicker and be able to take more hits in general. Grants them a +2 bonus to Resilience.
• Virtue - Witches have the ability to sense people's intentions whether they are good or evil. It also lets them detect when a person is lying to them. When someone is lying to them though, the witch is free to read the mind of person to figure out the truth behind their words.

Flaws:
• Strife - Being a witch warrants a lot of negative attention. The witch's soul attracts attention and it's always negative. Most of the time, it can only be surpressed where everyone just strongly dislikes the witch, but a newer witch is at risk from getting attacked just from the bad vibe that they give.
• Discord - The two souls within the vessel can cause physical problems for the vessel as they can halt growth, whether it be physical or mental. The two souls are never truly at peace and when the souls are in complete discord, it risks tearing the vessel from the face of the land because of the two countering forces within them.